Spoiler?

[jazzyvee]

I wonder what the history of this bass is. Never seen one like this before. https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/alembic-model-spoiler-bass-guitar-1984-160-c-6844f24873?fbclid=IwAR25HU7HRFsKj6GSqX_INCslVNXIxQF8jKy2qvSvOqb2AW89yIhN0PoxHwg

[edwardofhuncote]

I'll guess it's a rebuild. Spoiler neck, hardware and electronics, re-imagined body wings, complete with pinstripe layers. Looks like a decent job too. Nice attention to detail and symmetry.

[mica]

I'm with Greg on this one as per the rebuild. The heel wasn't related to this body.

[jazzyvee]

Makes you wonder what happened to the original bass to require this kind of rescue or remodelling.

[mario_farufyno]

Mega Omega?

Odd and unbalanced shape, doesn't work for my taste at all...

[garyhead]

Please do not show this to Susan.......I doubt she would never let this leave the shop......an assault on Alembic's "style".     

[pauldo]

I kinda dig it.    

[edwardofhuncote]

Like Jazzy, I just kinda' wonder what prompted the work. We see fouled up Alembics come through here all the time, and my rescue-instinct always starts thinking; how can I fix that?


This probably isn't what I would have chosen aesthetically, but the work isn't really all that bad. Someone with a fair degree of skill did those laminations. Why? Hard to say.

[sharkwagon]

I actually like the look of it.  I’d rock it for sure.
I wonder how neck heavy it is and how it plays

[FC Bass]

Maybe an extreme case of output tearing?

I would turn it into a flying V :-)

[mario_farufyno]

Kind of Wish Bass Alembic...

[mario_farufyno]

like this

https://wishbass.com/gallery/Exotic-wood-Scarab-4/